A Short Story Is About Love But Not A Love Story Analysis

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In the introduction to 100 Years of the Best American Short Story, Lorrie Moore says, “A short story is about love. It is always about love. And yet it is not a love story.” Explain how this statement holds true in one of the stories we have read. How, specifically, is the story about love, but not a love story?

The quote from Lorrie Moore says, “A short story is about love. It is always about love. And yet it is not a love story.” Means that even though there is love of some kind in a story doesn’t mean that it has to be anything more than the love of a family member, a best friend, or the love people have for their pets. According to the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, the love between each individual family member is the …show more content…

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According to the short story “I stand here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen, in 1957 the people believed the mother was supposed to know everything about each of her children. The theme that is shown most is the stress of being a mother and the society expects them to do everything at home. The other theme in the story is regret and guilt in the sense that the mother was the cause for her daughter’s outbursts and not spending more time with her when she was younger. The traditional role that the society wishes woman in 1957 would embrace is that they would stay home, help the kids with homework, the mothers would have to know everything about the kids, cook for everybody, do the laundry and clean the house. After the main character got remarried she had a hard time to understand her oldest daughter, and she kept thinking to herself “did I do something to get her to hate me or did something else happen.” The expectations that the narrator had were different for the rest of her kids just because Emily was older and was expected to be a role model or an authority figure for her younger siblings. The roles that a mother does for the family can be appreciated by saying “thank you Mom” or “I love you mom” and the gratitude for the role that a sister plays in this family can be expressed by saying, “you are the best” or “what would I do without you.” Therefore, in conclusion the traditional roles in “I stand here ironing” influenced the themes of this

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